Pool game.



I'. A. BELTRAN.

POOL GAME.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21. 1910.

984,463. Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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POOL GAME.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1910.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS A. BELTRAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

POOL GAME.

Application filed September 21, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known lthat I, FimNoIs A. Bet/ram, a. citizen o't the United States ot Mexico, and a resident ot' the city of Chicago, county ot' Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pool Games, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pool games and has 'for its object the provision ol an improved pool game of great interest.

My invention consist-s in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described.

My invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which,

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a pool tableishowing pool balls in position for playing in the game, Figs. 2 to 21 inclusive each show opposite elevations otl the balls elnployed in the game7 and Figs. 22 to 33 inclusive illustrate the form of counters employed in the game.

The preferred form ot' game comprises sixteen object balls 11, each of said object balls being provided on opposite sides with marks indicative of corresponding playing cards in different suits of the same color and including the cards in the several suits 'from the ace to the seven. Thus one ball as illustratcd in Fig. 6 is provided on opposite sides with the representations of an ace of diamonds and an ace of hearts. Another ball is similarly provided with marks indicative of the king of diamonds and king of hearts as illustrated in Fig. 7 and so on -for each of the corresponding cards in the diamond and heart suits down to and inclusive of the seven as shown in Figs. S to 13 inclusive. The spade and club suits are similarly indicated on the balls illustrated in Figs. 14 to 21. This provides sixteen object balls each provided on its opposite sides with marks indicative of the corresponding cards in the card suits o'l' the same color. These balls may also be provided with differently colored bands or other marks to assist in distinguishing them from each other. Four cue balls 12 are also provided for use of the players. These cue balls are all differently marked as shown, one being marked with white stars on a blue back-ground, as shown in Fig. 2, another with a white medial cir- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1911.

serial No. 583,141.

cum't'erential band ou a red back-ground as shown in Fig. El. another with a red medial circumterential band on a white back-ground as shown in Fig. t, and the 'fourth a plain white ball as shown in Fig. 5. These cue balls may also be provided with ditl'ierent numbers to 'further distinguish themf A set of counters 13 is also provided to correspond with each ot' the cards indicated on the object balls. These counters consist of disks 13 marked to indicate the different cards, there being thirty-two in all. Or the corresponding cards trom an ordinary deck of playing cards may be used in place ot these counters.

In playing the game the object balls 11 are arranged on the pool table 1-1- in any suitable manner and each ot the players selects and uses one oil the cue balls in shooting the different object balls into the pockets as in the ordinary game of pool. Before commencing` play, each player draws or is dealt [ive ot the counters used. From these counters the player then selects such as he wishes to retain with the view of completing a poker hand ot high 'vaille from object balls which he may afterward be able to pocket or otherwise acquire under the rules o1 the game. Each ot the object balls pocketed or acquired may count vfor either o1 the cards indicated thereon at the option of the aequiring player.

Various playing rules and restrictions may be placed upon the players as to the method of acquiring dill'erent object balls thus lending great variety and interest to the game. The winner el? the game is the player having counters and object balls indicative o'f cards making up the highest poker hand at the end of the game.

lVhile I have illustrated and described the preferred torni of construction 'for carrying my invention into ejtl'ect this is capable of variation or modification without departing` from the spirit of the invention. I, thereifore, do not wish to be limited to the exact details set 'toi-th, but desire to avail myself ot such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the claims.

I-Iaving described my invention what l' deem as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a pool gaine, the combination of a set of object balls each provided with marks indicative of two playing cards; and a set of counters indicative ot corresponding playing cards, substantially as described.

- the players,-substantially as described.

4l. In a pool game, the combination with a pool table, of a set of sixteen object balls each provided on its opposite sides with marks indicative of the corresponding cards in the card suits of the same color, said balls being marked to correspond with the suit cards from the ace to the seven inclusive; four differently marked cue balls; and a set of counters indicative of the playing cards corresponding to the cards indicated by said object balls, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANGS A. BELTRAN.

Vitnesses i FERNANDO SEssANo, HERBERT TARNo. 

